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J. W. GLADDING. Hoe.

Flo. 231,306. Patented Aug. 17,1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES W. GLADDING, OF VINELAND, NEW JERSEY.

HOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 231,306, dated August 17, 1880.

Application filed January 30, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES W. GLADDING, of Vineland, in the county of Cumberland and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hoes; and I do declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, makin g a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of a hoe, as will be herein more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a face or front view of hoe-blade. Fig. 2 is a perspective View with handle.

A represents the hoe-blade, made of any size or dimensions desired, and of octagonal form.

B B represent the inclined cutting-edges of the hoe-blade, forming by their intersection the salient angle 0 of the cutting=edge of the hoe. By this construction of the cuttingedge of the blade, formed by the intersection of two edges with a salient or projecting angle, O, the cutting-edge will enter the ground with less power applied to the handle than if the cutting-edge were straight, thus affording greater facility in the process of hoeing.

The sides of the hoe-blade are each formed by the intersection of two oblique edges, B B forming the salient or projecting angles E D, lying opposite each other, and in the line of the central hole made in the blade for the insertion of the bent end of the handle. By this construction of the sides of the blade it is strengthened and braced at or near its central line, where it is weakened somewhat by the hole made for the insertion of the handle.

The upper end of the blade is formed of the oblique cutting-edges B B intersecting each other at F, and forming a salient or projecting angle, F. The upper end of the blade is employed for making furrows or other purposes, while each of the edges B of the cuttingedge of the blade may be employed singly in removing grass or weeds along slight inclinations of the soil.

The handle H is inserted in a hole in the blade at or near its center. The end of the handle is provided with a bent metallic piece, a, which acts as a brace in the operation of hoein g, the inner face of the hoe, near the bend, being forced or pressed against the bent inetallic piece a in the hoeing process.

I am aware that the cutting-edge of a hoe has heretofore been formed by two. oblique edges intersecting each other and forming a projecting or salient angle to facilitate the operation of hoeing and I am also aware that a cultivator-tooth has been made of an octagonal form, but without a salient or projecting angle on its cutting-edge; and I am also aware that a hoe-handle has been formed with a bend at its inner end, and I therefore lay no claim, broadly, to such constructions.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv Asa new article of manufacture, the hoe herein described, consisting of an octagonalshapcd blade having its cuttingedges formed of the oblique edges B B, intersecting each other and forming a salient angle at 0, side salient bracing-angles, D E, upperoblique furrow-edges B B, intersecting each other and forming the salient furrow-angle F, the blade having a hole at or near its center, and provided with a handle, H, having the bent metallic brace-piece a, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 22d day of January, 1880.

JAMES W. GLADDING.

Witnesses:

A. J. MULOGK, B. A. GLADDING. 

